Final Conference

ACQWA Summary for Policy Makers

ACQWA Final Conference

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The ACQWA final science conference will take place at the headquarters of the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 4, 2013.

This will be a one-day event that will then be followed by a visit to the Swiss part of the Rhone Valley where a number of ACQWA case studies have taken place. We would like to encourage you, despite your inevitable heavy schedules, to take the extra time on September 5 to travel to the Canton of Valais and enjoy the science, the views and the food and wine that will be available! A half-day science+stakeholder meeting will be held with Valais authorities on September 6, which you are also welcome to attend even if this is not so “mandatory” for those of you who have not been involved directly with Rhone/Valais case studies in ACQWA.

A full program will be available in early August, as well as information on the venue, but in the meantime please reserve the dates – September 4 in Geneva and September 5 in Valais – for this final science plenary event (please aim on arriving the day before and leaving at the earliest on September 6!).

Please use the following link to register: http://acqwa.ezregister.com . In order to facilitate our organitation of the September 4 meeting, we ask you to register by mid-August.

REGISTRATION FEES

Registration fees for the ACQWA Final Conference will be 200 Eurosper person. This fee includes access to the WMO conference facilities, all conference documentation, coffee and lunch breaks (sandwich lunch), the evening ice-breaker/cocktail, and a copy of the ACQWA Final Report.

For those of you registering for the excursion to Valais, we ask for a contribution of 50 Euros to help cover transportation costs.

Registration fees (200 Euros or 250 Swiss Francs for the final conference on September 4; and for those travelling to Valais on September 5: 50 Euros or 75 Swiss Francs) will be collected upon arrival at the ACQWA desk in the WMO building.

HOTELS

The Geneva Convention Bureau has set aside a number of rooms at preferential rates for the ACQWA participants. These are listed below, and rooms will be released on a “first-come, first-served” basis up to one month prior to the meeting. In order to benefit from these rates, please mention the following reservation code which will enable you to benefit from the convention rates listed below: A-ACQ0913KP. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT, IN ORDER TO BENEFIT FROM THE SPECIAL RATE, YOU WILL NEED TO RESERVE YOUR ACCOMMODATION BY END-JULY AT THE LATEST.